Behind the Scenes; Or, Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House (Dodo Press)
Elizabeth Hobbs Keckly (1818-1907) was a former slave turned successful seamstress who is most notably known as being Mary Todd Lincoln?s personal modiste and confidante, and the author of her autobiography, Behind the Scenes; or, Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House (1868). Mrs. Keckly utilized her intelligence, keen business savvy, and sewing and design skills to arrange and ultimately buy her freedom (and that of her son George as well), and later enjoyed regular business with the wives of the government elite as her base clientele. After years of establishment in St. Louis she moved to Washington, DC in the Spring of 186…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4099-0751-0
- EAN: 9781409907510
- Produktnummer: 4328550
- Verlag: Lulu Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
- Seitenangabe: 176 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.0 cm 268 g
- Gewicht: 268
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